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Bonomo’s Turkish Taffy
If this candy were still being manufactured today, would its allusively Muslim name doom it?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 19, 2008 -
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Category: Food, Pop Culture, Advertising, 1950s, 1960s
The Happy Hour of Aquarius
Are you having trouble getting drunk? Are your mixed drinks not having the proper effect, fast enough, or perhaps engendering too large a hangover? Does your choice of drink preclude picking up the partner you truly desire and deserve at your local bar?That's because you are not taking astrology into account! Your zodiacal sign is all-important in determining your proper beverage!
Or so we learn from this magazine pamphlet (source unknown, but probably Playboy of a certain vintage).
Read on, after the jump, and you'll learn what cocktail you should be imbibing!
I'm off to have a Stinger!
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Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 19, 2008 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Magazines, New Age, Sexuality, Advertising
Follies of the Mad Men #13
There is nothing spectacularly "weird" about this particular entry in our series, except that the artist is William Steig, the famed illustrator and author responsible, most notably in Hollywood terms, for Shrek. It's curious to see him turning his talents to advertising during his early career, as so many artists who later grew rich and famous once did.
Perhaps the true vestige of weirdness here, though, is the image of the proud boy wearing his Jughead cap. You can learn about the history of the Jughead beanie and how to make such a cap yourself at Juggie's Wikipedia page. Or perhaps you'd want to buy one readymade, either here or here.
But maybe you want to go for the entire Jughead look!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Hollywood, Literature, Books, Fantasy, Movies, Comics, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #12
Amazingly, despite this appalling choice of spokes-mammal, Stegmaier Beer remains in business to this day, as you can see if you follow the link.
Any reader ever tasted a "Steg"?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 14, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Regionalism, Comics
Follies of the Mad Men #11
[From Good Housekeeping for December 1958.]
Just one comment on this ad: why is this woman trying to scorch her own eyeball? Is this a hairdryer aimed at masochists?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 13, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Domestic, Fashion, Hair Styling, Torture, 1950s, Women
Follies of the Mad Men #10
Here's part of the reason why we're a nation of fatties today. "Lose weight the hard way? No thanks! I'll just compress my flab and strap it in with manmade materials!"
And why is it that the only women ever shown in girdle ads are already so trim and underweight that they aren't the real customers?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 11, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Food, Torture, Fetishes, 1950s, Women
Obama = Antichrist?!?
Did John McCain and posse really intend to portray Barack Obama as the Antichrist in this recent campaign ad?Decide for yourself....
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 10, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Frauds, Cons and Scams, Government, Officials, Humor, Politics, Religion, ShowBiz, Television, Video, Advertising
Follies of the Mad Men #9
Once upon a time, hillbillies were a powerful iconic staple of American life. But alas, no longer. Perhaps The Beverly Hillbillies was their dying gasp. Since then, PC guidelines no longer allow for such stereotypes, as the Abercrombie & Fitch folks found out a few years back, when they tried to market this T-shirt. And so our national mythology is a little drabber and duller.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 09, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Political Correctness, Regionalism, Television, 1940s
Follies of the Mad Men #8
How many of these famous icons can you identify? My answer-key after the jump!
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 07, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Magazines, 1960s
Bus Rage
In one of those moments of perfect timing that only occur in a weird universe, Greyhound has decided to pull its ad campaign that sported the boastful tagline: "There's a reason you've never heard of 'BUS RAGE'", because unfortunately now everyone has heard of that phenomenon. (Thanks, Gary!)
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 07, 2008 -
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Category: Scary Criminals, Advertising
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